Advise on best softies for first timers..

[dales]

Hi guys, im going to convert from fowlr to keeping softies.. But unsure whats the best list of softies that are easy.. Need advise on name and requirements for it to stay and grow healthy..

[Evolutionz]

Easy corals are :

Green Star Polyps (GSP)

Zoas

Mushrooms

[kanegan]

Your fowlr been treated with copper before? Need to be careful. Copper is toxic to corals.

[kanegan]

Gsp not always easy some people have it like wildfire, other tanks it dies.

[dales]

Ive stop copper awhile ago.. But not very sure if it has cleared.. To prevent any deaths of corals what can i do?

[cly2012]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1924844

You may find this thread useful.

[dales]

Thanks for the link bro.. saw a vid of ppl feeding zoas with meat water.. Does that make the water foul smelling? What other stuff could feed em?

[MarcoVan]

Tank treated with copper needs alot of carbon treatment to effectively remove them.

Then again no guarantee because silicon is known to trap copper

Best solution buy a new tank

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[blusafe]

I saw no mention of leathers (Sarcophytan) or Sinularia? Those are indestructible.

[Anthony]

Easy corals are : Green Star Polyps (GSP) Zoas Mushrooms

Zoas, GSP and mushrooms is not as easy as Leather.

[dnsfpl]

common zoa, gsp, xenia, mushroom

note that softie spread like wildfire

make sure you get something you like

i recommend nicer zoa, lumi gsp, pulsing xenia, uncommon shroom(eg metalic color), yuma or even rics

its easy to buy them, takes effort to grow them, but a hell to remove them

[JeffL]

common zoa, gsp, xenia, mushroom

note that softie spread like wildfire

make sure you get something you like

i recommend nicer zoa, lumi gsp, pulsing xenia, uncommon shroom(eg metalic color), yuma or even rics

its easy to buy them, takes effort to grow them, but a hell to remove them

i second that, started my tank with red mushrooms and it is now in every part of my tank.... have no idea how it went to the other side of my tank

[Royston]

Gsp not always easy some people have it like wildfire, other tanks it dies.

Agree. Mine unfortunately is the latter. But GSP can really last many crash my frag is with me even after 5 tank crash.

[kohanson]

For me, mushroom last the longest and is still going strong in my tank. My gsp bought after mushroom did not spread and the purple carpet turned dark purple and disintegrate.

[AquaReefer]

Any particular Pulsing Xenia to recommend or a 16L tank? Where is the best place to buy them from? Ard what price?

I saw a pink color pulsing Xenia in a friend's but have not seen in any shop. What can I buy it?

[kohanson]

Yup, I would also like to know about pulsating xenia. Have not seen it anywhere before but only on youtube.

[AquaReefer]

I saw some blue pulsing Xenia in Iwarna last Sat.

[sherman]

Mushroom is the easier. Others is 50/50.

[flo_reeftank]

Mushrooms : green, red, purple or elephant ear mushroom, GSP

[kohanson]

I saw some blue pulsing Xenia in Iwarna last Sat.

Do you know the price, can pm me?

[AquaReefer]

Check your PM.

[kohanson]

Thanks bro, got your PM.

[BamBoo]

elephant ear, leather coral, these two are the most hardy soft corals I kept.